ANATHEMATIZES Antonyms

• give a benediction to

• confer prosperity or happiness on

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• render holy by means of religious rites

• praise, glorify, or honor

• bestow glory upon

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• cause to seem more splendid

• an expression of approval and commendation

• offering words of homage as an act of worship

• express approval of

• render holy by means of religious rites

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• make pure or free from sin or guilt